The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-01-11

ItSEoTe. IloN OAlcO NIS AOthSA
forty pounds Why, the fellow
must be mad !" so mad" replied
Nevison. THAT if you refuse, you
shall die" And he thereupon drew
pistol and clapped it to the rascal's
breast. Seeing that Nevison had also
hold Of his horses rein. and that he
could not get at either sword or PTS
tol Of his own, the thief was obliged
to yield. and owned that his life was
at Nevison's mercy. Il don't want
your life, " replied Nevison. but only
the money you took from my friends =
The thief was obliged to disgorge his
share of the robbery; the rest of the
money, he said. was with his two
companions, who were further down
the road. Nevison made the fellow
dismount, and, taking away his PTS
tolls, left him in charge Of the coun-
trymen. who by this time had come
up. while he (Nevison). mounting the
capuve's horse and leaving his own
with the men. galloped after the
other scoundrels. He soon came up
with them. Tor they. installing him at
first for their companion. stopped as
soon as they saw him approach. 1t
was IN the middle Of a common. and.
possibly. after dark. Nevison quickly
undeeeived them respecting who he
was. and told them that their com
rade had sent him for the ransome of
his life: adding that, If they refused
TO stump up. he meant to have a little
dispute with them at sword and pis-
tol. On hearing this. one of the rob
bers fired at Nevison. but. missing
his aim. received Williams bullet
through the shoulder. which disabled
him. Our highwayman was then on
the point Of shooting the other. but
he called for quarter. and the affair
ended IN their both delivering up
their money on Nevison's promising
to send them their comrade. He
took from them $50. rode back to
the countymen and released their
prisoner: telling them, while he
restored TO them their so. to be
more careful OF 1t IN future. and not
50 show themselves such towards. as
they had been by suTending a large
sum on such easy terms.
Lawless as he was. there appears
TO have been some good points in
Nevison's character, which were
wanting in most men of his profes
sion-notably IN Dick Turpin. He
was always tender with the fair sex.
and bountiful TO the poor. He was a
true loyalist in so far as he would
never levy a contribution from a
royaist.
Several remarkable highway rob
berries. committed by Nevison. are
recorded IN his history. and there
were. doubtless. a host of others of
lesser Importance of which we have
no account One day Tor. perhaps.
rather one night he stopped the car
rage of a rich Jewish m0ney-lender.
and compelled him to hand him over
sixty pieces of gold. But. such a
paluy sum not satisfying William. he
frightened the Jew into drawing a
bill upon sight for $500 on a lawyer.
and then-leaving his victim on the
road galloped off TO London. and
got the bill cashed before any advice
Of the robbery reached the Jews
friend. Some time afterwards he
robbed rich grazier of E450-a
huge sum IN those days: and then.
apparently contende3 with the great
success he had had. Mr.. Nevison
made up his mind to retire from
business. Singular as it may ap
pear. he actually carried out his
resoluton-at least. for q time. He
returned home, and was joyfully re-
ceived by his father. who. it may be
hoped, had not heard of all his sons
exploits during the seven or eight
years he had been absent from the
parental roof; indeed. he had long
been accounted dead. Nevison re-
with his father until the old
mans death, living soberly and hon
estly, as if no act of infamy had ever
sullied his reputation. Upon the
death of his father, however. he re-
turned to his former cources. and in q
short time his name was terror to
every traveller on the road. To such
an extent did he carry his plans, that
carriers and drovers, who frequented
that road, willingly agreed to leave
certain sums, at such places as he
chose to appoint. to prevent their
being stripped by him of all they
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